Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-15 | Page 14 | Trees Abloom Around Kanab

TREES ABLOOM Ail KANAB Forest Service Official Reports Re-ports Advance Spring in Southern Utah "Peach trees are In bloom at Kanab, the lilacs havo blossomed at yt. George, but at Hurricane, In southern Utah, early frost killed peach buds," according to S. B. .Locke, .fish and game expert of the local forest aervlco, who returned from a trip to the federal fed-eral game preserve In the Kiabab forest for-est yesterday. He says that springlike conditions prevail In southern Utah, but reports roads in ban condition due to heavy snow and rainfall recently. Mr. Locke said that deer had wintered win-tered successfully on the Kiabab forest for-est preserve. About 15.000 head wero estimated to be present. He sla'.cd, that a desiro to seek new pastures had evidently seized the deer, and that they were making their way to other grazing areas. He said that this In-, cllnatlon to spread would Insure excellent ex-cellent hunting next season. ' Although deer were numerous, pre-' datory animals were not present as in! other years. Cougars were most plentiful, he states, and these animals were kept well thinned out by hunt-! ing parties.